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'J i!l 0;V. GJ} \{D /!~ e. F OR YOUR I NF'ORMA TI ON~; THE BOARD HAS~ ASKED THE SUPER I NTENDENT TO PREPARE AN ESTI MATE OF'THE 'COST' O~ REMODEL I NG THE' OLD FRANCES WI LLARD SCHOOL: BUI LDI NG fOR ADMI.NISTRATfV~~F'F'lCES fOR TH~ DISTRI~T AND TH~ POSSIBLE' USE OF THE OLD WILLARD 51 TE FOR -ADMI NI STRATI VE' BU'I LDI NG :AND' WAREHOUSE PURPOSES.' THE BOARD FEELS THAT . . . . IT IS NECESSARY TO I'NVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY IN' AS MUCH AS IT MAY NOT BE' POSSIBLE TO ADD ON TO THE PRESENT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT SEVENTH AND HIGH STREETS. As SOON 'AS WE HAVE ADDI TI ONAL I NF'ORMATI ON FROM THE APPRAISERS AND I T HAS BEEN - PLACED BEFORE T~EBOARD, YO~ ~~LL BE NOTIFIED OF ACT10N TAKE~ BY THE -BOARD.fl IT WAS MOVED BY MR.. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON f" I LE. MOTl O'N 'CARiu ED'. 7 COMMUNICATION FROM SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY - RE: AGREEMENT BETWEEN SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY AND CITY OF E~GENE GRANTING EASEMENT FOR DRAINAGE Dl~CH ACROSS IVA B. CONGER PROPERTY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "WE HAVE BEEN ADVI SED THAT' THE CI TY HAS REQUESTED' AN EASEMENT FOR DRAINAGE 01 TCH ACROSS THE Iv~ B. CONGE~ PROPERTY WHICH 'SOUTHERN PACIFiC COMPANY IS ~URCHASING ON CONTRACT. I 'AM ATT'ACH I NG D'UPL'I CATE COUNTERPARTS OF PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN SOU- THERN PACifiC COMPANY AND THE CITY OF EUGENE GRANTING THiS EASEMENT. IF THIS FO~M OF AGREEMENT IS SATISFACTORY TO THE CITY, WILL YOU PLEASE ARRANGE FOR EXECUTION ON BEHALF 'OF TH'E: CITY OF EUGENE. SINCE MRS.- CONGER AND HER DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, INA LOUI~E AND WALTER H. NI CHELS, STI LL' HAVE ANI NTEREST IN .THE PROPERTY,. OUR ~ONTRAC'T: ATTORNEY HAS'MADE PROVISION THA~ 'THEY ALSO SIGN' T~IS AGREEMENT GIVING THEIR ASSENT TO GRANT OF . EASEMENT. AFTER EXECUTION ON fiEHALF" O~ 'THE0ITY, WILL YOU KtNDLY FORWARD THIS AGREEMENT TO MRS. CONGER'S ATTORNE1\', MR. EDWARD F. BAILEY, :877 WILLAMETTE STREET, EUGENE, OREGON;'I NORDER THA'T HE MAY HAVE MRS;. CONGER' AND THENI CHELS SI GN THE EASEMENT'. UPON RETURN OF THE: SI GNED COUNTERPARTS TO US WE WI LV 'ARRANGE F'OR EXECU- TION ON BEHALF OF: ,SQUTHERN PAC IF'I C COMPANY." - IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. WATSON THAT THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT. MOTION CARRIED. 8 COMMUNICATION FROM AL J. PEAKE - RE: FURTHER CONSIDERATION Of RECENTLY PASSED TRAILER ORDINANCE WAS SUBMITTED AND'READ AS FOLLOWS: " "I RESPECTFULLY .EQUEST THAT YOU GIVE fURTHER CONSIDERATION TO THE ~ECENTLY PASSED TRAI LER ORDINANCE. I RECOMMEND THAT THI S ORD'I NANCE, WHI CH WAS ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF EUGENE. ON DECEM~ER 26, 1956~ BE SENT TO THE PLANNI~G COMMISSION fOR ADDI TI ONAL STUDY. . My REASONS FOR -MAKING THIS REQUEST AND THIS -RECOMMENDATION ARE AS FOLLOWS: I. THE TRAILER ORDINANCE IS DISCRIMINATORY AND ITS"PROVISIONS ARE NEEDLESSLY HARSH. As YOU ARE WELL AWARE, AN INCREASING NUMBER OF AMERICANS ARE MAKING THEIR HOMES IN TRAI'LERS'. IT IS,TO SAY THE LEA'ST, SHORTSIGHTED AND UNWISE FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO ADOPT UNREALISTIC LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO. PLACE OBSTACLES IN THE WAY OF A TREND WHICH IS NOT ONLY LOCAL BUT NATIONWIDE. HERE IN EUGENE TRAILERS ARE HOMES FOR MANY YOUNG COUPLES JUST GETTING STARTED IN LirE. THEY ARE ALSO 'HOMESF'OR MANY ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO UNTIL LAST MONTH BE- LIEVED THAT THEY COULD LIVE OUT THE BALANCE or THEIR DAYS IN THEIR OWN HOMES, CLOSE TO RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. 2. THE TRAI LER ORDI NANCE GRANTS A MONOPOLY TO THE LANE COUNTY TRA"ILER COURT ASSOCIATION, A PRESSURE GROUP rROM OUTSIDE THE CITY OF EUGENE. THE LANE COUNTY TRAILER COURT ~SSOCiATIO~ ORI~I~A~LipROPOSED AND DRAFT~D THE TR~ILER' ORDINANCE AND GAVE ITCONTINUOUS~ STRONG SUPPORT' UNTI~' THE' ORDINANCE' WASE~ACTED INTO LAW. IT IS POSSIBLE, Of COURSE, THAT THE LANE COUNTy~TRAILER COURT ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN THINKING ONLY OF' THE WELFARE OF THE P['OPLE OF EUGENE, 'OF MAIN'TAIN'INGRESI- DENTI AL PROPERTY VALUES, AND OF KEEPI NG RESI DENTI A'L AREAS I N GOOD ORDER AND IN GOOD APPEARANCE. IT IS MORE LIKELY, HOWEVER, THAT THE LANE COUNTY TRAILER COURT ASSOCIATION IS CONCERNED-ONLY W'ITH ESTABLISHrNG I'TSELF AS A MONOPOL:Y. "fOR NOW EUGENE CITIZENS WHO MAKE THEIR HOMES IN 'TRAILERS' MUST EITHER GET OUT or TOWN, OR LIVE IN NOISY, UNDESIRABLE INDUSTRIAL AREAS, OR SUBMIT TO A GRASPING MONOPOLY WHICH WILL CHARGE ALL THAT THE TRAFPIC WILL BEAR. 3. THE TRAILER ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED BY A MAYOR AND A, CITY COUNCIL WHICH, FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, NO LONGER REPRESENTED THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE OF EUGENE. THAT IS, THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED ALMOST TWO MONTHS AFTER THE VOTERS Of EUGENE HAD SEEN i~T TO ELECT A NEW MAYOR AND ~EW MEMBERS TO THE CITY ~OUNCI~. IT WAS PASSED ONLY'A fEW DAYS BEf"ORE THE NEW MAYOR TOOK OFF'ICE AND THE CITY COUNCIL UNDERWENT SEVERAL CHANGES. THE NEW MAYOR AND THE PRESENT CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE CALLED UPON AT THIS TIME TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON A CONTROVERSIAL ORDI NANCE PASSED AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR BY THE'I R :PREDECESSORS. CONSI DERATI ON OF MY REQUEST AND MY RECOMMENDATION WILL ENABLE YOU TO MAKE THOSE VIEWS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD. ~ I e I I 'Ii - I: I I' I I t I e -